Chapter 479 – Sword Techniques Originate from the Mouth (III) (1/2)
Chapter 479 - Sword Techniques Originate from the Mouth (III)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Tang Thirty-Six descended from the stone steps and stood beside that student called Chen Fugui. Looking him over, he nodded, and said, ”Your performance was not bad. In the future, you will learn the 'Tiger Charging Through the Dark Forest'.”
Chen Fugui was a little surprised at these words, but upon realizing what Tang Thirty-Six had just said, revealed an ecstatic expression. His voice trembling, he said, ”Many thanks to Superintendent, many thanks to Superintendent.”
Tang Thirty-Six turned around to those several dozen students behind him. ”Do you see? Just like what was said last night, when two armies battle, what's most important is vigor! Who care if you're not the enemy's opponent! You have to fight to find out. In addition, before you attack, you absolutely cannot think of yourself as inferior to your opponent. This is called, 'I would rather be beaten to death then scared to death'. It can also be called, 'if you can't beat someone to death, you still have to scare him to death'.”
The students of the Orthodox Academy responded together, their voices ringing in unison. The gazes they aimed at Chen Fugui were filled with envy and yearning.
The challenger from the Li Palace Academy was left completely baffled by this scene. At this sight, he could no longer restrain his question, ”What's going on here? Are we not fighting anymore?”
Tang Thirty-Six asked Chen Fugui, ”Can you beat him?”
Before the match, he had asked this question. Chen Fugui had replied then that he could only know after fighting. Now that they had fought…
He very honestly admitted, ”I can't beat him.”
”Don't be discouraged. You only reached the initial level of Meditation not two months ago, it's only right that you're no match for an Ethereal Opening cultivator. It's not like you're some exceptional genius like me or Principal Chen.”
Tang Thirty-Six patted him on his broad shoulder and soothed, ”Summarize this match tonight, and then prepare everything you need for your studies.”
The spectators thought to themselves, the match just started and barely anything was done. Just what is there to summarize?
The challenger from the Li Palace Academy watched as Chen Fugui walked back to the stone steps. Quite at a loss for what to do, he asked Tang Thirty-Six, ”And then?
The match had just started and he hadn't even had time to use his sword before the shout came to stop. Then…shouldn't it be that they should continue to fight?
Tang Thirty-Six looked at him like he was an idiot, saying, ”Since he can't beat you, he naturally concedes.”
The challenger this time really did look a little silly. He was in a daze for quite a while before sobering up and asking in disbelief, ”No way? It just ends like this?”
”What else? Do you want to stay and eat too? Our Orthodox Academy's cafeteria invited the chef of Clear Lake Restaurant to be cook. A normal person shouldn't even think about freeloading a meal.”
Leaving the challenger with these words, Tang Thirty-Six returned to the stone steps of the Orthodox Academy to prepare for the second match.
The challenger from the Li Palace Academy was furious. His Qi suddenly spiked and the sword in his hand became infused with a cold energy.
Tang Thirty-Six halted and turned back. Expressionlessly, he declared, ”Take another step forward and try.”
On both sides of the Orthodox Academy's gate, two squadrons of Orthodoxy cavalry held cold spears in hand as they coldly kept watch.
Above the walls of the academy, one could barely make out the presence of crossbow bolts.
The surrounding crowd of spectators realized what the Orthodox Academy was prepared to do. The crowd parted with a flurry of noise, which was quickly suppressed into silence by the murderous intent pervading the scene.
”The Orthodox Academy…are you preparing to act shamelessly?”
A cold voice came from the street, its owner probably amongst the group of experts that had come to challenge the Orthodox Academy.
Tang Thirty-Six ignored that person. Walking back to the group of students, he looked at the list in his hand and yelled, ”Which one of you is Fu Xinzhi?”
One person stepped forward. It was precisely that young scholar who had appeared so self-confident on that day when the Orthodox Academy was recruiting new students.
Tang Thirty-Six said to him, ”Amongst your schoolmates, your cultivation is strongest. Put up a good performance and show those outsiders the true strength of our Orthodox Academy!”
Fu Xinzhi clasped his hands in respect. He slowly took out his longsword from its sheath. As he walked onto the field, his bearing was quite calm.
That challenger from the Li Palace was still standing there, no one paying him any attention whatsoever. Standing there by himself, he seemed rather pitiful and rather ridiculous.
He was clearly the victor of the battle, but where was the slightest bit of happiness from victory?
He shot a hateful stare at Tang Thirty-Six, and then, with a sweep of his sleeve, departed.
The next to come after him was similarly a swordsman at the middle level of Ethereal Opening. As for which school he was representing, Tang Thirty-Six could no longer remember. He could only remember that Chen Changsheng had explicitly told him last night that Fu Xinzhi's opponent could only be this swordsman. Chen Changsheng had even written a few very detailed notes on the list, saying just how Fu Xinzhi should attack and the maximum number of attacks he would be able to use.
Time passed rather slowly, or the first match had ended too quickly. It was still early morning, and although it was still the height of summer, it wasn't very hot.
Fu Xinzhi gripped his sword and stood on the flat ground in front of the Orthodox Academy. A cool breeze swept over him, wafting up his sleeves and giving him an unearthly feeling.
His opponent was also a swordsman. With the sun shining on his blue garments and the chilliness of his sword, he also gave off an extremely fine demeanor.
At this scene, the spectators who still felt rather dejected from the first battle's preposterous end instantly became energetic once more.
The swordsman expressionlessly declared, ”Please.”
As Fu Xinzhi looked at his opponent's face in the morning light, he seemed calm. In reality, only he knew just how nervous he was.
He was a student from Suiyang County. Unlike the students of the capital, he did not have access to knowledge of cultivation at a young age. Although his talent was decent, his strength had always been lacking.
As for battle prowess…in Suiyang County, he had never truly fought with another person.
Today was his first real battle in his entire life, and his opponent was at the middle level of Ethereal Opening, someone who he would have found impossible to imagine as an opponent back in Suiyang County, and who he would have regarded as a senior!
How could he not be nervous?
”You can't be nervous.” This was what Principal Chen had repeated to him the most last night.
”Emphasize vigor. Vigor is not only in ferocity, but also in neatness.” From morning class to now, this was the principle that the academy superintendent had constantly repeated.